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San Diego-based Concerro, the developer of Web-based software that enables nurses in 200 U.S. hospitals to bid for shifts, says it has acquired all the assets and intellectual property related... Read more »
ParAccel, which has offices in Cupertino, CA, and San Diego, says it has raised $22 million in a Series C round of venture funding. The company provides database management system for data... Read more »
Boston-based Backchannelmedia said this week that it’s moving from an extended period of beta testing to launching commercial operations in the New York area. The company, whose motto is “TV and... Read more »
Lowell, MA-based Auriga Measurement Systems says it has raised $2.75 million in additional seed funding. The wireless instrumentation and design company delivers test equipment for high-frequency, high-powered RF microwave front-ends. The... Read more »
DivX is a codec that packs large video files into a smaller size. It’s also the San Diego company that has commercialized the technology.
CEO Kevin Hell talks of DivX moving... Read more »
What recourse does an entrepreneur have when there is no venture capital for a start-up with a truly promising invention? At San Diego’s Biological Dynamics, 27-year-old founder Raj Krishnan’s solution is... Read more »
San Diego has retained its status among the country’s top regions for innovation, but the hometown venture community is contracting to the point where venture funding is back where it was... Read more »
Ernst & Young has named Quake Global CEO Polina Braunstein as its San Diego regional High Technology Entrepreneur of the year. Quake Global makes palm-sized satellite transponders for tracking purposes. Ernst... Read more »
Three San Diego-based biopharmaceutical startups have been raising capital, according to recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
—Valor Medical, which was founded in 2007, has... Read more »
When renowned genome scientist J. Craig Venter spoke at San Diego’s Connect’s Innovation Summit two months ago, he focused mostly on creating genetically engineered microbes that consume coal to produce natural gas. But a... Read more »
Seattle, the Washington D.C. area, and Orange County have moved up in Milken Institute’s ranking of top high-tech center areas in North America. From 2003 to 2007, Seattle passed Boston and... Read more »
After filing last month for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, San Diego rapid molecular diagnostic products maker Nanogen has moved to lay off 89 employees by July 14, according to the website GenomeWeb. The... Read more »
San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) says it has commenced operations at its mirasol display fabrication facility in Taiwan, which the wireless technology giant operates with Foxlink, a leading device manufacturer. Qualcomm... Read more »
A biotechnology company aiming to revolutionize early-stage cancer screening last night won the UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge. Biological Dynamics, led by bioengineering PhD student and CEO Raj Krishnan and... Read more »
In the short week after Memorial Day, we got a little European literature with tips on bootstrapping, Medsphere got some venture funding, and Good Technology got a San Diego startup, among... Read more »
Insulin pump developer Tandem Diabetes Care has raised $21.4 million in a $52.3 million financial round, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. San Diego-based Tandem specializes... Read more »
Chumby Industries has raised $3 million through a combination of debt and security offerings, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The San Diego company makes a... Read more »
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says San Diego plays a key role in the Finnish mobile phone giant’s plans to stage a comeback in the U.S. market. Kallasvuo was questioned by Wall... Read more »
San Diego-based Awarepoint says an independent medical laboratory has tested and validated its sterlizable RFID tags, which are designed to provide hospitals real time location tracking information about patients and medical... Read more »
KESDEE calls itself world’s largest eLearning company for money managers. The San Diego company provides state-of-the-art financial education and training for professionals, and it is taking its digital headstart to new... Read more »
